>>47402966Serperior is fast, gets Leech Seed by level up, high base power STAB moves to compensate for lower Attack stats like Leaf Blade and Giga Drain, and Coil to boost three stats in one move.
Meganium is slow, only gets Leech Seed as an egg move (as in not available for your starter) and only gets one Powder move, its strongest moves are Petal Dance (which keeps it from switching out and causes confusion) and SolarBeam (which either needs a charge turn or a weather set-up), and barrier moves, which are never really that useful for main game singles.
So no, Snivy is not worse than Chikorita.